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COBRA Stars - Where are they?

I know there is a thread hyere about the horrific murder of Cobra's Bryan Kocis .... but .... where are all the stars that actually made Cobra the wonderful site it is (was?) ..... Ethan Armstrong / Austin Sterling / Justin / Brandon / Jordan Shaun Ferrara / Corey Savage / Cameron Lane / Tyler Hall - to name a few!! etc etc .... anyone know ehere they have wound up? Interesting --- These guys are all hot!!!

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does anyone know if these people liek shaun ferraro did movies outside of cobra, or other movies besides the big three? i KNOW i've seen him elsewhere, i just cant remember where!!! did he change his name? any help would be great

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Please tread carefully about actors names and locations in which they live or work. Many of then who have withdrawn from filming and public life are desirous of their privacy. Please respect that.

Code of Conduct #21. Please do not publicly disclose the real identities of other members or those of adult performers without their permission. If someone is using an alias on either these forums or in their career as an adult entertainer, please respect their rights to maintain their privacy.

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I love that scene.

I found a guy claiming to be Shaun Ferrara on Myspace, but I don't believe him. All his photos are the published ones from back in the day; he doesn't have any "with my dog" or "in an Obama t-shirt" ones.

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I'd love to know what happened to Cameron Lane? I watch A LOT of porn, and he's my favourite porn star out of everyone I've ever watched - ever. I really wish he'd go back to making porn. I would love to see what he looks like now.

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I agree, Snapper, except that I'm still not convinced that Corrigan was actually underage when he made those first films for Cobra. I think it was his way of suppressing as much of his bareback work as possible so he could get work with the big studios, and it worked.

I want to see his birth certificate. The long-form one, please. Otherwise I'll go on thinking he was born in Kenya lying about the whole thing.

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I started fooling around with this guy recently and he said he had done porn but wouldn't give me a name. I am not sure he was a cobra star but I am thinking he was. Kinda scares me. I am thinking he was in campus boyz 1 and 2 or either or. He said he started off in the same company as brent corigan and his movies were also pulled off the shelves. I don't know twink porn at all. It's not my thing. He is the twinkish guy I was ever with I think. How can I find a list of porn names and pics from those movies? I just want to know who I am sleeping with.

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Originally Posted by Alfonso Frontale

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I just travelled through some older posts & threads at ATKOLs about the Kocis/Cuadra murder case early 2007. Since some are branding the dead studio owner & director as thoroughly evil & nasty - below a more moderate statement from a less biased member...

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I wouldn't call this "less-biased" as much as I would call it "biased in another direction."

I don't know why people are still trying this in the court of public opinion and I don't know why I'm even commenting because these Corrigan/Kocis threads never seem to end well (cue Marion or one of his online aliases to enter stage right) but I, for one, think it's possible that Kocis was neither the worst monster who ever lived NOR was he "more sinned against than sinning."

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Originally Posted by Críostóir

I agree, Snapper, except that I'm still not convinced that Corrigan was actually underage when he made those first films for Cobra. I think it was his way of suppressing as much of his bareback work as possible so he could get work with the big studios, and it worked.

I've seen you post this before, but the explanation doesn't hold water. Of the four videos shot prior to October 2004 (the solo one, Pool Boy, Crush and Bare-Boned) the only one of them that features bareback sex is Pool Boy. Compare that to the (at least) three bareback videos shot AFTER he turned 18 and the theory makes no real sense.

Far be it for me to spoil the conspiracy fun of the anti-Corrigan crowd but isn't it time to let this one rest?

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Originally Posted by LuvFindsAndyHardy

I've seen you post this before, but the explanation doesn't hold water. Of the four videos shot prior to October 2004 (the solo one, Pool Boy, Crush and Bare-Boned) the only one of them that features bareback sex is Pool Boy. Compare that to the (at least) three bareback videos shot AFTER he turned 18 and the theory makes no real sense.

Far be it for me to spoil the conspiracy fun of the anti-Corrigan crowd but isn't it time to let this one rest?

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Its shocking to me after so many years how many people even remember my work in porn. With the literally 1000s of scenes out there and me only doing 5 it still is hard to believe. However, the only reason I ventured into the business was to pay for college and financial aid debt. I have long since been retired and have no plans in the future to venture back into industry. I did the scene for Dirty Bird as a personal favor to Brent, as we still remain friends to this day. I have also kept in touch with both Tyler and Cody over the years, and both are doing well and also have retired. My plan was to work for this little company no one had heard of and get in and get out and no one would be the wiser because the company was not well known. We all know how that went lol. Thanks for the support though and kind words...its much appreciated.

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I don't think you will find my experience as exciting as the scenes made it look. All the scenes I shot were completed in three visits that I made to Brian's. Each visit was for a week, the first time I went it was just Brent, Brian, and myself and we shot the Naughty Boy's toy scene, which was probably the most difficult one I shot. Another model had flaked on coming out, and so this was a made up on the spot scene that neither one of us wanted to do because it just seemed so ridicuous, but did it anyway. We also shot another scene of us in a hot tub, which was planned to be released on the next DVD after Bitch Boy. Needless to say it was never released, and as far as I know the only copy burned in the fire.

The second time I flew out there, there was about 7 to 8 other models there and something like 15 scenes were shot total for everyone that week. All of my other scenes except one were shot during this time...so with, Nate, Tyler, and Shaun. And on my final visit it was just Cody, Brian, and myself for the final scene I shot. I used to be in contact with all of them, but over the years lost contact with Nate and Shaun.

Most other companies out there are about mass producing scenes, and models are flown in and a scene is shot...sometimes over the course of 8 or more hours and the models are flown back often times the same day. Cobra was different in that Brian wanted us to actually build chemistry with one another. So I would be flown out there and just hang out with my scene partner for a few days with a very strict no sex rule and get to know them. You already knew that eventually you would be having sex with the person, so it was super easy to build chemistry with the person already knowing where it was going to lead. And by the time the scene was ready to be shot, I had grown to really like my scene partners and so that is what I feel made the scenes seem more "natural" because I genuinely had feelings for the guys by the time it was time to shoot the scenes.

Many people think the industry is full of drug addicts (and this is true for many companies), but I never saw anyone using drugs of any kind in all the trips I made out there. With the exception of alcohol, but I was over 21 at the time of my first shoot. And as far as "sex with the producer" goes...I was never made to feel like I had to, nor did I ever have sex with Brian. Sure he was flirty and touchy, but he was a guy in his late 40s surrounded by beautiful boys (most barely 18), who wouldn't be. And as for the bareback controversy that everyone always talks about. At the time of my first shoot I was 23...I knew what HIV was and how it is contracted, and so did all the other models. No one was "coerced" into anything. We fully knew and understood the risks we were taking, and signed contracts saying we did. I was tested every single month by contract from my first shoot to my last over the course of a year and a half, and I was under the impression the other models were as well. Also right before the scenes we were tested on the spot as another measure for our safety. Yes, this leaves room for error, again we were fully aware of that margin and if we didn't want to do anything we didn't have to. As far as I know, no one contracted any STDs as a direct result of the video shoots, I know I didn't. At the same time, I do not condone unsafe sex practices and always practice safe sex myself. This was situational, like if you and your partner were to go and get tested together and find out that you are both clean...that's how it felt to me anyway.

Lol see I kind of took all the mystery out it all and ruined for you right? I wish I could tell you it was all just how you see it in the scenes and that its one big sex party...but the way Cobra was ran, the only sex that was happening was going to be on camera because it made it more meaningful I guess. And to a degree this is true because we all were so sexually frustrated by the time the camera started rolling, there wasn't really any need to act or pretend, it all just happened.

I never met the "monster" that Brian Kocis is made out to be by some, but I also know others had completely different experiences with him than I did. I was older than most of the models, and so I stood my ground with him on a lot of stuff, and we had great respect for each other. Some of my scene partners now say they regret ever doing it because now the scenes are on basically every site imaginable, and at the time we were told this would never happen because of copyright laws. No one expected Brian to be murdered, and as a direct result there was no one to stop the scenes from popping up everywhere. I got a college degree out of my time, so I don't regret it, but its something that happened so long ago in my past, I don't even think about it anymore. That is until I'm recognized, and most assume Im still in the industry because I look the exact same (its scary lol) even though the scenes were shot 7 years ago.

I never had a desire to be a porn star, and even now feel weird identifying myself as one, because I needed money for school. And the money I earned paid for my last 2 years of college, I graduated and was asked to come back and do more scenes and I declined. Im a totally different person now than I was then, but I did meet some amazing people that I still call great friends to this day. In that aspect it was all worth it, but overall my advice to anyone thinking of going into this area of employment is to be absolutely sure that it is something you want to do. There are a lot of sketchy people and companies out there that could care less about your well-being and safety. Luckily, Cobra Video was never like that.

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Cameron,thank you for sharing your experiences with us and giving us an idea of what it is like to work in porn both in front of the camera and off it.
Also,your story should point out a hard truth about porn. No matter how small you think the company is or how hidden you think your scenes will be,the cold hard truth is most of the time,it will come out one way or another.

Fame Beyond The Grave

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Originally Posted by Cameron Lane

Most other companies out there are about mass producing scenes, and models are flown in and a scene is shot...Cobra was different in that Brian wanted us to actually build chemistry with one another. So I would be flown out there and just hang out with my scene partner for a few days.....

Thanks for all the insights! Apart from the fact that the camera work, editing & sound of many Cobra movies is simply superior to most of the releases from other companies (icluding big names & major brands like Belami, Falcon, Cadinot & Co.) of past and present, this 'hanging around together with your film partners for a few days before the shooting' seems to be a key contribution to the naturalness & hotness of many Cobra acts and pairings on screen.

We also shot another scene of us in a hot tub, which was planned to be released on the next DVD after Bitch Boy. Needless to say it was never released, and as far as I know the only copy burned in the fire.

That's a pity. Was it a flip-flop of you and BC ? A restored master tape might be worth a small fortune today. Especially since the Corrigan scenes with other partners done by different directors after 2006 are not so enduring & passionate as his earlier work.

I never had a desire to be a porn star, and even now feel weird identifying myself as one...

Well, that's life. And as long as you are not nominated for the Noble Price or comparable important awards one day - you will share the destinies of many other skilled academics with a certain past: and your porn reputation will always outshine your scientific merits.

So, it is perhaps best to accept your popularity. And why not a lucent comeback in the biz ? . Then, cult status is nearly guaranteed. And maybe you might even get a gratis grave of honor later - like some other respectable male models of the past... .................................................. .....´